an observation
I am all for organic growth and hate marketing as much as anyone else, but if you want this service to succeed, you're going to have to think like a mainstream press person. And, right now, I could see any number of angles about this service that would not be flattering -- even though I, as a user, love it so far.
@Migukin also, the expectation for Mastodon shouldn't be that it will be as big as Twitter. Then everyone will be disappointed. It is already over 100,000 users. That is great.
@Migukin name a social network that a reporter understood? 😉
that's kind of their purpose when it comes to platforms. If you can get past the dumb reporter reporting on it phase, then you're probably going to be a success. and there's something to be said for organic growth. but don't dismiss the need to see a service from a reporter's point of view. they're an important part of the growth of a service.
@Migukin there are tons of smart, well thought reporters out there. And they clearly understand Mastodon. No need to worry about organic growth with a service like this. It has already succeeded.
I agree. but.....I generally think everything is horrible so I map out in my head all the ways things could go horribly wrong. :-)
@cdevroe
I don't have a problem with that. but, again, I'm saying I know how reporters think. and they will see this and say: more difficult to use, more sensitive user base and there's this weird thing where you don't have a single ID. that's all I'm saying. again, I love this service so far and will try my best to abide by its norms.